Attitude of gratitude

First off, as an online business I am compelled to plug a Cyber Monday deal: $5 off everything and free worldwide shipping in my Society6 store today!  You know you want this tote bag.

Secondly, Thanksgiving Weekend just ended for us United Statesians, which means a few different things: you're probably figuring out where to put all the stuff you bought on various Black Friday sales (I didn't go to any...I try not to, and especially not since I'm moving and have enough stuff to tidy up already!), you're probably still eating turkey and various turkey-related leftovers, and hopefully, it also means that you thought about things you're thankful for, i.e. the real meaning of the holiday, not just eating lots of food and buying cheap electronics.

Pre-Thanksgiving table setup at my mom's house this year.  Invisible chairs!

So here's a shortlist of things I'm thankful for...

Inspired Monday: wear your inspiration on your sleeve...or shirt

For days when you're feeling a little bit uninspired (which I've had too many of recently!), wouldn't it be helpful to carry a little bit of inspiration around with you all day?  Or even...wear your inspiration?  I think it would be, and that's why this week, I bring you...T-SHIRTS!

(As usual, I don't get paid to promote any of these Inspired Monday features, I just like 'em.)

These ones are from Super Love Tees, an Etsy shop I recently discovered and am really digging...they have all kinds of fun messages, like...

Hey, you! You need t-shirts!

It's just a big week for this little ol' art business all around...preparing for the show next week, and now, Society6 has informed me that my t-shirts are on sale!

I bought this one.  Is it not perfect to wear to yoga?  Or just on any day when you anticipate you'll need a little extra bless-and-releasing?

It goes through Monday, and it's $5 off any t-shirts (this style shown above, plus v-necks or tank tops).  So that lovely shirt shown above is only $19.  Plus shipping is FREE.  You don't see that every day, folks.

Check out these possibilities...

And now for a shameless plug...

So, this weekend I manned a booth at an arts festival (not for my art, but for the jewelry designer I work for as a "day job").  I'll probably do a post later on down the line about "tips for having your art in a craft fair/street fair/arts festival type thing," because I've done a few shows now and I learned a LOT.  It's exhausting hauling stuff back and forth and standing at your booth in the sun all day, but it gets easier each time you do it.

But!  That's not the point of this post, because this post...is to get you to vote for me!

 

Eegee's (a local-to-Tucson fast food chain, famous for ranch fries and fruity slush drinks that change flavors every month) was having a t-shirt design contest, and so of course I was going to enter.  Not just because the prize is a free combo meal each week for a year, either (although that helps), but also just because, well, I think this t-shirt would be cool and I would wear the heck out of it. :P

Click here to vote!  I also submitted another design, and although I don't like that one as much as this one, I certainly wouldn't complain if it won instead, so here's the link.

And yes, the skull should look familiar if you've seen my portfolio...I tweaked it a little and added the lemons and strawberries, because those are two of Eegee's three regular flavors (the other is pina colada, and they also have a different Flavor of the Month each month.  I like the watermelon, which they usually have in July...although last week's blueberry lemon was pretty darn good.)

So that's it!  Vote, vote, vote!  Tell your friends to vote!  Tell your enemies to vote!  Tell your dogs to vote!  Every little bit helps.